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From high school classrooms to college campuses, HGSE alum Barbara Selmo reflects on four decades as an educator
Inspired by a courageous 12-year-old in Peru, Tyler Thigpen is working to engaged and empower this generation of high schoolers
Statistician who explores how to best use modern methods in applied social science contexts has been promoted to the rank of professor of education
HGSE alum and Hairiette series author shares how the LDIT program inspired her to create a 7-year-old girl with magic hair
Shining a light on the many paths that lead our students to the Ed School
Podcasts have been a great way for the Ed School to connect with those working in the field. Here are a few of our favorites
Led by intention and purpose, HGSE alum Dominik Dresel finds his calling in education
Collaboration with City Year helps corps members become Ed School students
Here’s what happens when faculty put boots to the ground
Akanksha Pabari reflects on her time teaching high school students, highlighting the importance of creating a supportive environment
Alum Anjali Adukia discusses how textbooks across states like Texas and California are less different than commonly believed — especially in how they portray race, gender, and historical narratives
Schools have an essential part to play in confronting climate change and developing climate literacy
How intentional teacher language in early childhood classrooms can shape children’s inner voice, support emotional regulation, and promote lifelong resilience and well-being
U.S. Special Olympics chair and UNITE co-founder Tim Shriver highlighted ways to improve communication and rhetoric by choosing dignity over contempt
Ph.D. candidate Jeannette Garcia Coppersmith’s research focuses on inherent bias, and what happens when teachers let students endure the “productive struggle” of learning ambitious mathematics
Lecturer Aaliyah El-Amin and Boston College's Scott Seider, Ed.M.'04, Ed.D.'08, examine what it truly means to pursue education justice in K–12 schools
Assistant Professor Ying Xu studies how artificial intelligence can impact a student’s learning ecosystem
A new professional development institute helps educators find their courage
Tools to aid teachers and school leaders in their own “continuous improvement”
What tools are needed to help young people to develop skills, knowledge, and characteristics to become informed and motivated citizens in our society, particularly in polarized times?
A new book demonstrates how to educate for social action and why it doesn’t have to come at the expense of academic learning
Lessons to be learned from evolving views about free speech policies on college campuses and how to preserve a safe, productive, and respectful learning environment
How to sustain satisfying careers for educators and create a resilient future for teaching
"Good teachers have strong knowledge of their students as individuals — how they think and think about themselves as learners — as well as of their students’ culture and community."
A new guide offers advice and strategies for using generative AI tools to support self-directed project-based learning
New book from alum says we do, but it doesn’t have to be that way
Is it finally time to ban phones from schools?
How educators can help young people cultivate the mindsets and skills needed to engage respectfully and constructively with people who have different points of view
After founding a nonprofit dedicated to uplifting youth voice, master's student Priya Thelapurath's is taking her natural next step — into the classroom
Art|Play project’s new online resources hope to spark creativity in the classroom and beyond for teachers and students
Two alums help teachers help students with Primary Sources
Senior Lecturer Joe Blatt’s Advancing the Public Understanding of Education: Election Edition encourages students to think like journalists
A new free online tool helps teachers practice creative problem-solving
Lecturer Eric Soto-Shed advises against avoiding classroom discussions on the upcoming U.S. election — and, instead, offers strategies on making these conversations worthwhile
HGSE faculty members and other leading scholars of American history and civics will offer online professional development courses for educators
A new study co-authored by Megan Satterthwaite-Freiman highlights the need for more effective and personalized training on how to lead conversations about sensitive topics in the classroom
A new research paper provides a model for social and emotional learning in schools that is culturally sustaining
Professor Adriana Umaña-Taylor's work focuses on understanding how individual and contextual factors, such as ethnic-racial identity, interact to inform adolescents' development and affect academic success
The Ed School kicked off the academic year with a daylong orientation on campus
A summer institute dives into teaching hard histories and tough topics in developmentally appropriate and pedagogically sophisticated ways
"High achievers aren’t born knowing that they want to become teachers or they’re not born knowing that teaching isn’t an appropriate career path for them. They learn it and they relearn it through a number of signals that are built into their interactions with family and friends."
Gahyun Callie Sung's journey to HGSE and the LIT Lab is reflected in her research into data and using AI to improve student outcomes
The short answer is, it does
And why these decisions are ethical, not just practical
Lecturer Liao Cheng’s course focuses on understanding and looking inward
The next phase of the project, led by Professor Jarvis Givens and Radcliffe's Imani Perry, will support new research and fill in gaps in the archive's collection
New book emphasizes need to advance beyond workforce diversity efforts focused purely on recruitment and retention
Olivia Chi, Ed.M.'17, Ph.D.'20, discusses the ongoing efforts to ensure the quality and stability of the teaching workforce